Taking the scattered fragments of Sappho as starting points, the Canadian poet Bliss Carman wrote a hundred short lyrics in which he imagines what the lost poems might have been. They speak of love and longing, the seasons, the cicada at noon, ripening grapes and the sea, and an introduction surveys Sappho’s reputation through the ages.
A graceful homage that suits readers who love Sappho and the poetry of the 1900s. Download the free EPUB.